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  • 13 Apr 2009
    Patient Safety Congress 2009

    Patient Safety Congress 2009 - Safe Patient Systems together with SCC will be supporting the Patient Safety Congress at the ICC in Birmingham and will be exhibiting the Safe Surgery and Safe Patient Tracking Systems on stand D12. This important conference is sponsored by the Health Service Journal, ... Read More...

  • 3 Mar 2009
    NPSA Launch 'Never Events' policy

    Safe Patient Systems welcome the launch of a 'Never Events' policy for the NHS in England. 'Never Events' are serious patient safety incidents that should not occur if preventative measures have been put in place. The Number 1 'Never Event' is Wrong site surgery and Trusts will be encouraged to impl... Read More...

  • 26 Jan 2009
    NPSA Safety Alert advocates Surgical Safety Checklist

    The NPSA publish the UK version of the World Health Organisation, aircraft-style, Surgical Safety Checklist which has been proven to save thousands of lives. This alert requires healthcare organisations in England and Wales to implement this checklist for every patient undergoing a surgical procedu... Read More...

  • 14 Jan 2009
    WHO - Checklist helps reduce surgical complications, deaths

    Hospitals in eight cities around the globe have successfully demonstrated that the use of a simple surgical checklist, developed by WHO, during major operations can lower the incidence of surgery-related deaths and complications by one third. Data was collected from 7688 patients – 3733 befor... Read More...

  • 1 Oct 2008
    Wrong Site Surgery is the #1 "Never Event"

    'Never Events' were identified by Lord Darzi in 'High quality care for all: NHS Next Stage Review final report', as serious and largely preventable patient safety incidents. The NPSA is working with key stakeholders to develop and test a list of 'Never Events', and a process for use in the NHS from... Read More...

  • 23 Sep 2008
    Safe Surgery System go-live at Newcastle Freeman Hospital

    Safe Patient Systems is pleased to announce a Go-Live for its Safe Surgery System at the Freeman Hospital, part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust - one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the NHS. The first phase of the implementation started with the Endourology Theatre at 07:30am on ... Read More...

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